Parkview Heart Institute's
Women and Heart Disease Symposium: 
A Gender Based Approach to Recognition, Diagnosis and
Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease in Women 

A program offering knowledge and strategies for practitioners to recognize, diagnose and treat cardiovascular disease in women.

AGENDA

5 - 5:50 p.m.         Registration, dinner, vendor display
5:50 - 6 p.m.         Welcome and introductions - Michael J. Mirro, MD, FACC
6 - 6:15 p.m.         A Patient Perspective - Allison Blust
6:15 - 6:45 p.m.   Women & Cardiovascular Disease:  Is There a Sex Difference? -
                           Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, MAHA
6:45 - 7:15 p.m.   Gender Differences in Non-valvular A-Fib - Elaine Hylek, MD, MPH
7:15 - 7:35 p.m.   Break (vendor displays open)
7:35 - 8:05 p.m.   Cardiovascular Disease During Pregnancy -  Julie Ramos, MD, FACC  
8:05 - 8:15p         Closing remarks 

Objectives:
1. Discuss an overview of the pathophysiology related to cardiovascular disease in women
2. Develop a strategy for efficient diagnosis and treatment planning for cardiovascular disease in women
3. Develop strategies to assess pregnancy complications that potentially lead to increased risk of cardiovascular disease and care management
4. Discuss and recognize gender and sex differences in women presenting with symptoms of atrial fibrillation
5. Develop strategies for providing the appropriate anticoagulant for atrial fibrillation in female patients

Education Credits:
The Fort Wayne Medical Education Program is accredited by the Indiana State Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Fort Wayne Medical Education Program designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of
their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evalution component, enables the participant to earn up to 2.0 MOC points in the American Board of internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABI MOC credit.

Speakers:
Elaine Hylek, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass.; Martha Gulati, MD MS, FACC, FAHA, Division Chief of Cardiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix; and Physician Executive Director for the Banner - University Medicine Cardiovascular Institutte, Phoenix, Ariz.; and Editor-in-chief of "CardioSmart" for the American College of Cardiology; Julie J. Ramos, MD, FACC, Attending Cardiologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine, NYPH - Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; and Michael J. Mirro MD, FACC, Chief Academic and Research Officer, Parkview Health

Planning Committee:
Michael Mirro, MD, FACC, Chief Academic and Research Officer, Parkview Health; Leah Felger MSN, RN, Program Coordinator, Parkview Heart Institute; Carolyn Moeller, RN BSN, CCRC, Community Outcomes and Education Coordinator, Parkview Health; and Cathy Ballou, Coordinator, Continuing Professional Development, Parkview Hospital.

 

 

  

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